Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) can provide rapid, significant improvements in severe symptoms of several mental health conditions. ECT is used to treat: Severe depression, particularly when accompanied by detachment from reality (psychosis), a desire to commit suicide or refusal to eat.
DYMALLY, Mervyn Malcolm. Biography. A Caribbean immigrant, a longtime member of the California legislature, and the first black elected to statewide office in California, Mervyn Dymally represented a southern Los Angeles County district in the U.S. House of Representatives for 12 years.
Carson mayor accused by daughter of Mervyn Dymally of sexual harassment. Al Robles lawsuit. Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times. Carson Mayor Al Robles, who also serves on the board of the Water Replenishment District of Southern California, has been accused by a former water district board member of sexual harassment.